Les Powers

{{short description|American baseball player (1909-1978)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Les Powers

|position=First baseman

|image=

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1909|11|5|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Seattle, Washington

|death_date={{death date and age|1978|11|13|1909|11|5}}

|death_place=Santa Monica, California

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 17

|debutyear={{Baseball year|1938}}

|debutteam=New York Giants

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 3

|finalyear={{Baseball year|1939}}

|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.327

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=2

|teams=

}}

Leslie Edwin Powers (November 5, 1909 – November 13, 1978) was a Major League Baseball first baseman. He played parts of two seasons in the majors, {{Baseball year|1938}} for the New York Giants and {{Baseball year|1939}} for the Philadelphia Phillies. He played in the minors from {{Baseball year|1933}} until {{Baseball year|1945}}, including a brief stint as manager of the Bakersfield Badgers in {{Baseball year|1941}}.

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